by Sravasti | May 3, 2023 | Art & Culture, Photography, Sravasti's Blog, Travel
(Sanskrit – Śrāvastī; Pali – Sāvatthī) To my parents. The curiosity to know about the genesis of Sravasti played on my mind from childhood. I had to explain the spelling and meaning of my name to most people. If I did not have to explain, then it had to be a Bengali...
by Sravasti | Sep 26, 2020 | Lifestyle, Sravasti's Blog, Travel
Fishing among Crocodiles and Rhinos Dusk settled stealthily on the banks of the East Rapti River, sandwiched between Nepal’s Chitwan National Park (CNP) and the picturesque tourist village of Sauraha. A group of men loitered around the thatched mud hut of...
by Sravasti | Aug 18, 2020 | Photography, Sravasti's Blog
A narrow room led to another very dark room on the terrace of my Dadu’s (maternal grandfather) house. It always aroused our curiosity. The elders would tell us it was a dark room. Obviously, it was a dark room! – we would think. But why was it so dark? Well! For one,...
by Vikram Bose | Jul 28, 2020 | Guest Blog, Travel
Consider these facts : 1. Emperors Akbar & Jahangir used to hunt tigers in and around Delhi and Agra 2. Jhalana in the outskirts of Jaipur has a lot of leopards 3. We have...
